Recent content by Phoenixlight

I assume this is for playing games? Your CPU will be bottleneck you in games like Shogun 2 Total War and Starcraft 2.

I'd get the 6950 instead for the extra VRAM, it'll be better for future games.

This is pretty annoying, programming shouldn't be a common skill available to EVERYONE. Not that many people will choose to work in the IT industry when they're older so they don't need to be given the skills that those of us who've specialised have.

Storage enhancements are great but we're going to NEED a much faster way to transfer the data. USB3 speed will NOT be enough to move such large quantities of data between storage mediums in a reasonable amount of time.

When PLAYING GAMES you should always opt for the better GPU over the better CPU.

Well I've got a 1TB caviar green drive so these results are very interesting to me, I thought that there was something wrong with BF3 at first because the load times are INSANE. Still not going to bother with an SSD until they come down to the same price as HDD's or take their place. I don't...

Yep, sounds normal.

Ok so what do you want us to do about it?

soldier37Bulldozer is a disappointment so I had to go for pure speed and future proof system. That doesn't make any sense at all, you didn't have to go for the fastest option available you simply wanted to.

The FX-8150 outperforms the 965 but It might be better to just wait for Piledriver since the 965 can run games just fine.

For gaming the PhenomII x4 980 + Radeon HD6950 is the best choice, don't downgrade to the 560ti.

I've had an Alienware OptX AW2310 (1920x1080 120hz) monitor for a few months now and there's really no difference between 60 and 120hz in games never mind the desktop.